Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon

Bayer Code : vichy

Scientific name: Vicia hybrida L.

Synonym(s) of Sc. name:

Classification: Leguminosae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: hairy yellow-vetch

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: ES : haba falsa ; FR : vesce hybride ; IT : veccia pelona ; PT : ; EN : hairy yellow-vetch ;

Biological type: Annual

Seed:

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Seedling:

- Cotyledons obscure (hypogeal germination).

- Leaves pinnately divided.

Adult plant:

- Height: 20-60 cm. Plant hairy or glabrescent.

- Stem climbing.

- Leaves with 5-10 pairs of leaflets emarginate nearly cut at tip, with a terminal branched tendril.

- Flowers yellow, up to 2 cm long, standard hairy on its outer side, always solitary and axillary, peduncle very short.

- Fruit : pod with hairs without basal tubercles, 25-30 x 8-9 mm.

- Biological type: annual.

Ecological profile (click on flags):   Rare       Present    

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